Syukuro Manabe
Syukuro Manabe (born September 21, 1931, Shinritsu, Japan), aged 95, is a Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist (1931–). Manabe is best known for general circulation model. Manabe's honours include Nobel Prize in Physics, Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal and William Bowie Medal.
Syukuro Manabe’s zodiac sign is Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Goat, with Life Path 8 in numerology.
Virgo, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Metal Goat, with 
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Syukuro Manabe’s AsterNym identity
The Steadfast Storyteller
Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.
Earth Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.
Syukuro’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
8 · 2 · 7
Lucky colours
White & Gold
Lucky day
Wednesday
Direction
← West
Season
autumn
Stones
Sapphire, Emerald, Rutilated Quartz
Flower constellation
⭐ Aster · 💜 Lavender · 🤍 White Camellia
Lavender · Lilac · Silver
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What the chart says
Syukuro, according to the stars
Core essence
Syukuro notices. That is the whole thing: the detail everyone else walked past, the small fix that makes the day work, the way you looked slightly off when you said you were fine. The core of Syukuro is devotion expressed as usefulness. They love by improving things, and they are far kinder to other people than to themselves.
How Syukuro wants to be loved
Syukuro wants to be loved beautifully. Venus is at home in Libra: romance, manners, the date that was actually planned, a partner who is fair and easy to be around. Syukuro gives a lot of grace and needs it back. Treat them like a partner in everything, including the small choices, and they bloom.
How Syukuro creates
How Syukuro makes things happen: they make things grow. A Yin Earth day master is the garden soil, generous, nourishing, the reason other people's ideas take root. Syukuro creates by caring for the thing until it works, and they are often the quiet reason a whole group is thriving. The work is keeping some of that richness for themselves.
Instinct
Instinct: Syukuro is creative and kind, a Goat year, and their gut reaction is to make it beautiful. Artistic, gentle, easily moved, and the friend everyone confides in. The Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Syukuro is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Syukuro runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Syukuro's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.
You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.
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Virgo Sun
Virgo SunStandards nobody else can meet.
Syukuro Manabe's Sun was in Virgo for the whole of September 21, 1931, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Virgo readings associate the sign with precision, service and improvement: noticing what is off and quietly putting it right. Astrologers describe it as the mutable earth sign, ruled by Mercury, and read it for craft and analysis. The corresponding tension is perfectionism, described in the tradition as a standard applied hardest to the self.
Metal Goat
Metal GoatKind, and quietly tough.
Syukuro Manabe was born on September 21, 1931, which falls in a Metal Goat year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Goat readings emphasise gentleness, creativity and a preference for harmony over conflict. The Chinese almanacs describe the Goat as the artist of the cycle, kind and easily moved, and associate it with taste and care for others. The corresponding caution in the tradition is dependence: a need for reassurance that can become a reluctance to decide alone.
Life Path 8
Life Path 8Built for the big table.
Syukuro Manabe's birth date, September 21, 1931, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 8 readings associate the number with ambition, authority and material results: turning sustained effort into visible achievement. Numerologists describe it as the path of the executive. The corresponding tension is control, with the caution that a number this good at managing outcomes can begin managing people the same way.
What stands out in Syukuro’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Syukuro Manabe's date-only chart is Saturn square Uranus, with an orb of about 2°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Virgo, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Five of the ten planets fall in Cardinal signs, making Cardinal the strongest modality in this chart.
- Syukuro Manabe combines an Earth Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Steadfast Storyteller.
Syukuro’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Syukuro Manabe, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 17° to 0° Capricorn or Aquarius depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableSaturnsquareUranus1.5° to 1.6° orb
Syukuro’s discipline grinds against their need for freedom.
stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune2.5° to 3.5° orb
Syukuro’s mind and imagination act as one.
stableSunconjunctionVenus3.4° to 3.6° orb
Syukuro’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableMarssextileNeptune3.5° to 4.1° orb
Syukuro’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
stableUranussquarePluto3.7° to 3.8° orb
Syukuro’s need for freedom grinds against their depths. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
stableJupitertrineUranus4.1° to 4.3° orb
Syukuro’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableSaturnoppositionPluto5.3° orb
Syukuro’s discipline pulls against their depths from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.
possibleSuntrineMoonorb from 0.1° to 8.9° depending on birth time
possibleMoonsquareUranusorb from 0.1° to 12.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonoppositionPlutoorb from 0.1° to 8.4° depending on birth time
possibleMoontrineVenusorb from 0.9° to 12.2° depending on birth time
possibleMoonconjunctionSaturnorb from 1.2° to 13.7° depending on birth time
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth5 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal5 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.
Syukuro’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 23°23′ (moves 0.02° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Syukuro building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresScorpio 6°09′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Scorpio is read as nurture that goes all in: loyalty, intensity, a care that does not do halfway. Syukuro is read as fierce about the people counted as theirs.
♡ ErosSagittarius 2°26′ (moves 0.55° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has Syukuro attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaLeo 8°45′ (moves 0.30° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Leo is read as vitality that runs on purpose and recognition. The reading has Syukuro at their best with something to be proud of.
⚸ Black Moon LilithAries 5°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Aries is read as the refusal to be second. The modern reading has Syukuro carrying an anger that is cleaner than it looks and a need to act on it.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Ceres sextile Neptune 0.2°
- Chiron sextile Pluto 1.4°
- Eros sextile Venus 1.8°
Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).
Syukuro’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ☿ Mercury8 pts
rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♄ Saturn4 pts
in its own sign, Capricorn; 2 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus3 pts
in its own sign, Libra; 1 major aspect
A Mercury-led chart is read as the mind in charge: Syukuro is read as thinking, talking and connecting their way through life.
How the score is built
- Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
- Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
- Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
- Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
- Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.
Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.
Configurations in Syukuro’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
Stellium in Virgo · Sun, Mercury, NeptuneThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
T-square onto Uranus · Saturn, Pluto, UranusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Neptune semi-square Pluto 0.6°
- Venus semi-square Jupiter 1.7°
- Sun semi-square Jupiter 1.8°
- Venus semi-sextile Mars 1.9°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Syukuro Manabe, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Syukuro’s cards
Every card is computed from September 21, 1931, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
☿ Ruled by Mercury
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Earth.
Year
辛
yin Metal
未
Goat
Earth
roots & early life
Month
丁
yin Fire
酉
Rooster
Metal
work & drive
Day
day master
己
yin Earth
卯
Rabbit
Wood
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Syukuro Manabe, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Syukuro’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q3675789, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Portrait by Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Syukuro Manabe at Wikipedia.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.
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Quick answers about Syukuro Manabe’s chart
- How old is Syukuro Manabe?
- Syukuro Manabe is 95 years old, born September 21, 1931 in Shinritsu, Japan.
- What zodiac sign is Syukuro Manabe?
- Syukuro Manabe is a Virgo: born September 21, 1931, which puts the Sun in Virgo for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Metal Goat.
- What is Syukuro Manabe's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Goat, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the September 21, 1931 birth.
- What time was Syukuro Manabe born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- What is Syukuro Manabe's Life Path number?
- Life Path 8, calculated in numerology from the September 21, 1931 birth date.
- What is Syukuro Manabe's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 23°. Position from JPL Horizons for the September 21, 1931 birth date.
- Where is Syukuro Manabe's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Aries at 5°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Syukuro Manabe's dominant planet?
- Mercury, on AsterNym's dominance score (8 points: rules the Sun sign, Virgo; in its own sign, Virgo; disposes Sun, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Saturn is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
